Kamikoto Knives - $1295 to $272, Worth it?

Can someone please tell me if this is essentiall a 'good deal?' I am looking for a nice knife set and this seems to be high quality and great reviews. Just trying to figure out if a discount of $1,000 is a scam or not...

I'm not familiar with this brand. But doesn't a $1,000 discount sound too good to be true? Especially when there is zero detail about the steel used or its properties. The knives chosen for the set don't make a lot of sense either. A good gyuto could fill all three roles.

If anyone is going to buy these... I have a great deal on a bridge that I'm selling.

I agree, the $1000 discount seems too good to be true, hence this post. However, it seems as if they are new-ish company and sent a ton of units out to some pretty influencing cooking YouTubers etc to get the ball rolling. I belive this is still apart of their initial marketing campaign.

I guess what im looking for is if anyone has any experience with them. I know that their are reputable companies out there that people prefer, but if we go off of only established knives, there will never be any new players in the field. It doesnt go into great detail, but this line makes me think its not just shitty chinese steel:

Meticulously handcrafted, each blade features high-quality steel from Honshu 本州, Japan – a steel with high corrosion resistance and durability. The Kanpeki Knife Set is rigorously quality tested to ensure that it meets the distinction and caliber of Kamikoto

If I told you my gyutos where worth 1300 but would let them go for 300, wouldn't you get a little suspicious? Just saying, I'm completely transparent and besides pricing, I will answer all questions publicly. If I don't answer in a way that's understandable, I'll try again, and others will generally add on. A lot of knives, only get to be that expensive because of years of experience and even then, it's more about the details at that point, not so much performance or materials. Just my two cents

Whether or not the knives are decent or not is moot at this point, imo. I would never believe in the quality of a product sold by a company that resorts to such blatantly obvious marketing bullshit.

Look through this subreddit to see the quality knife $500 gets you. Do these knives even come close to resembling those? In the end there are only two main things that increase the price of a knife: 1) materials used; and 2) quality of craftsmanship.

It is pretty clear these are mass-produced and the type of steal is not revealed. They use classic shitty knife rhetoric in their product description. I would stay far, far away.

Edit: Going through the reviews on their site, I cant help but laugh. To me if seems pretty clear the reviews are all made internally, likely by the same people. The writing style and idiosyncrasies are pretty constant across most of the reviews.

Steel might be from Japan but these are some weird ass grinds. They also offer no information about HRC, any specific measurements, and no specific information about steel other than that it is supposedly from Niigata.

The reviews are too good to be true. There are plenty of other reputable knifemakers with offerings within the same price range, with know reliable knives. Don't go for it.

I think searching the name here wouldve been helpful. They are a scam because they aren't worth $1,295. They make it look like the best deal ever but they're just mediocre at best because they don't tell you details. No one really knows the quality of the knives and they would likely be sharp out of the box which would make a seemingly good first impression. Reviews are so over the top it feels disingenuous. I'd recommend not getting a full set but finding the essential few knives you would utilize most - probably chef knife and paring.